“One male came to PC Dowd’s attention. Initially he was stood up and trying to punch people around him

“He noticed his prosthetic limb lying on floor nearby. He noted him acting in an extremely aggressive manner.

“The incident took place whilst the defendant was on the floor lashing out at people. The view of PC Dowd was the defendant was not going to calm down and he was going to be arrested for being drunk and disorderly. He’s described as resisting violently.

The court heard Smedley grabbed PC Dowd’s leg as he crouched by him to restrain him, and shouted: “I’m going to give you what I’ve got” before repeatedly biting into his shin. Others struck Smedley to get him to release his bite and he bared his teeth.

In interview he said he did not recall the incident happening.

Smedley who was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm, has a previous offence of biting a custody officer.